The L ate J urassic to E arly C retaceous interval represents a time of environmental
upheaval and cataclysmic events, combined with disruptions to terrestrial and marine …

Turtles (Testudinata) are the clade of amniotes characterized by a complete turtle shell. New
insights into the phylogeny of the group have revealed that a diverse assemblage of fossil …

Over the last 25 years, researchers, mostly paleontologists, have developed a system of
rank-free, phylogenetically defined names for the primary clades of turtles. As these names …

Molecular analyses of turtle relationships have overturned prevailing morphological
hypotheses and prompted the development of a new taxonomy. Here we provide the first …

The PhyloCode is a set of principles, rules, and recommendations governing phylogenetic
nomenclature, a system for naming taxa by explicit reference to phylogeny. In contrast, the …

Presented herein is the first morphological analysis of turtle relationships to examine the
monophyly of many turtle groups by using only single species as terminals and by …

The origin and early evolution of turtles have long been major contentious issues in
vertebrate zoology,,,,,,,,,,. This is due to conflicting character evidence from molecules and …

Phylogenetic definitions are provided for the names of 53 clades of vascular plants.
Emphasis has been placed on well‐supported clades that are widely known to non …

Although tortoises of the family Testudinidae represent a familiar and widely distributed
group of turtles, their phylogenetic relationships have remained contentious. In this study, we …

Evolutionary transitions to marine habitats occurred frequently among Mesozoic reptiles.
Only one such clade survives to the present: sea turtles (Chelonioidea). Other marine turtles …